Monthly Archives: September 2009

1st	Top 75 Lib Dem blogs: the Total Politics List (29) by Stephen Tall
	Will the City’s troubles boost our high tech firms? (0) by Mark Pack
	Nick Harvey: MPs should be able to profit from second homes’ (16) by Stephen Tall
	Previous blogs of the year (0) by Alex Foster
	If used properly and proportionately, CCTV can be a vital deterrent to criminals (14) by Chris Ward
	A look back at the polls: August ’09 (5) by Stephen Tall
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (August ’09) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Portsmouth Council rejoices at discovery staff only spending 11 seconds a day on Facebook (18) by Mark Pack
2nd	Daily View 2×2: 2 September 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
	TV leaders debate set to happen: if Sky keeps its nerve (30) by Mark Pack
	Forthcoming PPC selections (0) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #7: The Megrahi Documents (4) by Stephen Glenn
	How is public opinion playing out over MPs’ expenses? (7) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Once again, the French show a little bit more imagination… (4) by Martin Land
	Nick and Ming speak out on Megrahi (6) by The Voice
	Nick says yes to Sky’s televised debate (9) by Stephen Tall
	Nick launches ‘Don’t Short Change Our Troops’ campaign (15) by Stephen Tall
3rd	Daily View 2×2: Thursday 3 September (1) by Alex Foster
	The Sun versus reality: how do they compare? (6) by Mark Pack
	The Government’s farcical slowness over updating election imprint rules (7) by Mark Pack
	“Taxpayers don’t want Web 2.0!” (7) by Alex Foster
4th	Daily View 2×2: Friday 4 September (2) by Alex Foster
	Taxpayers’ Alliance: a case of Web 2.0 hypocrisy? (24) by Mark Pack
	Our Shirl on how Ted Kennedy inspired the UK’s minimum wage (3) by The Voice
	Is Peter Mandelson heading to defeat? (2) by Mark Pack
	Ian Clement charged with fraud (1) by Helen Duffett
	Chippenham’s double Lib Dem win (2) by Helen Duffett
	Video: Don’t let the Tories airbrush history (7) by The Voice
	Boris Johnson’s attitude to breaches of expense rules (2) by Helen Duffett
5th	Hamas: sickening behaviour (3) by Mark Pack
	Open thread: Lib Dem internetty meetup thing (16) by Alex Foster
	Standing against the Speaker: never mind the politics, what about the voters? (11) by Stephen Tall
	Hackney Council vs Banksy: some graffiti should be left alone (4) by Mark Pack
	Nick and Paddy on Afghanistan (4) by The Voice
	Farron blasts as “ridiculous” Tory council’s refusal to protect allotments from vandals (8) by The Voice
	Hughes calls on Speaker Bercow to sign Westminster up to 10:10 climate change pledge (0) by Stephen Tall
6th	Daily View 2×2: 6 September 2009 (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Stone Age communication not as cheap as you think (2) by Simon Titley
	Get Lib Dem Voice direct to your inbox (0) by Mark Pack
	Lembit Opik bests Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jordon and others (0) by Mark Pack
	Is Gordon safe? (9) by Stephen Tall
	Conference: fringe guide available #ldconf (0) by Alex Foster
7th	“Cameron’s charm fails to halt slide in party membership” (12) by Mark Pack
	Save general election night! (15) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 7 September 2009 (1) by Stephen Tall
	What do councillors spend their time on? (1) by Mark Pack
	The Indy’s Q&A with Lembit (3) by The Voice
	Mark Reckons interviews Lib Dem PPC Bridget Fox (6) by Mark Thompson
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (0) by The Voice
	Conference fringe: Defending free speech – keep libel laws out of science (28) by Prateek Buch
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #133 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Saving general election night: round-up of reaction (7) by Mark Pack
8th	Tower Hamlets: Labour activist investigated over postal vote fraud (7) by Mark Pack
	Argentina, Mexico liberalise drug laws (3) by Mark Pack
	#ldconf 101 – access to conference fringes and training (0) by Alex Foster
	David’s paucity of ambition (12) by Alex Foster
	29% of seats have not changed hands since 1945 (20) by Mark Pack
	Daily Mail urges readers, “Vote Lib Dem” (6) by Stephen Tall
	CK and Ming are most-missed political big-hitters (7) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem, Labour, Tory voters all say: scrap Trident (2) by Stephen Tall
	Revealed: the three blogs Lib Dem MPs respect (8) by Stephen Tall
	Gender pay gap in City ‘shocking’ – BBC (1) by Mark Pack
9th	Daily View 2×2: 9 September 2009 (0) by Alex Foster
	Gavin Webb quits Lib Dems, joins Libertarian Party (139) by Stephen Tall
	LDV’s Conference fringe events #ldconf (1) by Alex Foster
	New electoral registration rules now in force for elections (1) by Mark Pack
	#ldconf 101 – attending as a voting member of conference (2) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Youth justice – a golden opportunity for the Lib Dems (3) by Tim Connolly
	Battle of the emergency motions (2) by Alex Foster
	Bagehot praises Nick’s Afghan policy (3) by Stephen Tall
10th	Daily View 2×2: 10 September 2009 (1) by Richard Huzzey
	Nick would replace VAT cut with revolution in youth training (10) by Richard Huzzey
	Will there be a cull of ministers after the next general election? (3) by Mark Pack
	STV: System for The Voter (9) by Anthony Tuffin
	Dave Hodgson for Mayor of Bedford (10) by Alex Foster
	Bournemouth getting ready to welcome #ldconf (4) by Alex Foster
11th	Youth Justice Board replace the £1m consultant (2) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 11 September 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: A legacy of mediocrity (22) by Rich Wilson
	Parliamentary candidates can now keep their home addresses secret (8) by Mark Pack
	Outstanding Liberal Democrat Campaigner of the Year (7) by Ed Fordham
	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… August: It’ll All Be Over By Christmas? (2) by Millennium Elephant
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 11/9/09 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Why I’m not celebrating over Brian Coleman (6) by Mark Pack
12th	Willie Rennie is new Campaigns Chair (5) by Mark Pack
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Minnesota’s new Senator (0) by Alex Foster
	Guardian asks Lib Dems, “When did you stop beating your wife?” (26) by Stephen Tall
	It’s not Britain that’s illiberal, Martin – it’s our political culture (14) by Stephen Tall
	What do the academics say? Ballot paper ordering (7) by Mark Pack
	NEW: pre-conference ’09 LDV members’ survey #ldconf (3) by Stephen Tall
13th	Daily View 2×2: 13 September 2009 (1) by Stephen Tall
	The MP conference fringe league table (2) by Mark Pack
	Paul Twigger selected for Lib Dems in West Derby (3) by The Voice
	The Shirley Williams story – Climbing the Bookshelves (3) by Stephen Tall
	Should product placement be banned from TV shows? (15) by Mark Pack
	Davey: ministers seem prepared to have given Gaddafi anything he wanted (1) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #134 (0) by Stephen Tall
14th	Daily View 2×2: 14 September 2009 (0) by Stephen Tall
	The Independent View: the ippr on ‘The future of politics itself’ #ldconf (6) by Carey Oppenheim
	CommentIsLinked@LDV… Nick Clegg: Scotland needs to dare to be different (1) by The Voice
	Y Barcud Oren #11 (0) by Gareth Aubrey
	Opinion: Democracy, the Rule of Law and New Labour (3) by Martin Land
	Peter Mandelson toys with electoral reform (6) by Mark Pack
15th	Daily View 2×2: 15 September 2009 (0) by Richard Huzzey
	Coming later today… Lib Dem Blog of the Year shortlists revealed (2) by Stephen Tall
	Vince launches new Lib Dem proposals, ‘Tackling the Fiscal Crisis’ (26) by Stephen Tall
	Blog of the Year Awards 2009: The Shortlists (20) by Helen Duffett
	Election hustings meetings: Electoral Commission relaxes rules (0) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #8 (0) by Ruaraidh Dobson
	The Voice’s conference coverage (9) by Mark Pack
	Mark Oaten on the scandal that ended his political career (31) by Stephen Tall
	Ladbrokes: “all the early money” goes on Lib Dems’ Dave Hodgson in Bedford mayoral election (3) by The Voice
16th	Daily View 2×2: 16 September (0) by Alex Foster
	Google Calendar of Conference events #ldconf #ical (4) by Alex Foster
	#ldconf 101 – speaking at conference (0) by Alex Foster
	LDV pre-conference members’ survey (1): Nick Clegg & Party approval ratings (1) by Stephen Tall
	Adam Boulton writes… Lib Dems should back a Leaders’ Debate (17) by Adam Boulton
	What do the academics say? Persuading someone to vote comes with a free bonus (0) by Mark Pack
	Saint Vince, the canonisation continues … (3) by Stephen Tall
17th	Daily View 2×2: 17 September 2009 (4) by Alex Foster
	Nick pledges to seize the Liberal Moment (7) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg’s The Liberal Moment: your blogosphere reader (13) by Stephen Tall
	German elections: the view from the chalk face (8) by Katie Ritson
	#ldconf 101 – absolute top tip (3) by Alex Foster
	LDV pre-conference members’ survey (2): leading Lib Dems’ approval ratings (4) by Stephen Tall
	The Independent View: Time to be honest about English matters (32) by David Rickard
	Why the Real Women proposals are flawed (72) by Bernard Salmon
	The Which? survival guide to conference (1) by Mark Pack
18th	New book: The Case for a New People’s Budget (2) by Tony Vickers
	Daily View 2×2: 18 September 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Cabinet Office: correspondence chaos (16) by Mark Pack
	Fiona Hall says: “Time to get out of the ghetto” (0) by Antony Hook
	The state of the Liberal Democrat blogosphere (4) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 18/9/09 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg: angry liberal (5) by The Voice
	The Tories are not a progressive party (6) by Danny Alexander MP
	Clegg: Labour insiders have asked us to fall in line (1) by The Voice
19th	Policy development – mainstreaming equalities! (0) by Issan Ghazni
	Official conference twitter feed (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference: what to watch out for on Saturday (1) by Mark Pack
	Conference: First pictures (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Please be nice and helpful… (3) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s blogger interviews (5) by Mark Pack
	Real Women policy paper debate: live blog #ldconf (36) by Mark Pack
	BBC report: “Clegg ‘to axe tuition fee pledge'” (21) by The Voice
20th	Daily View 2×2: 20 September 2009 (2) by Mark Pack
	Conference: Day 2 (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Backlash over Conservative Bedford Mayor selection (5) by Mark Pack
	A better politics for less: where Nick Clegg’s axe would fall (14) by Mark Pack
	Commentislinked@LDV – bumper edition (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Nick’s conference Q&A, the live-blog (0) by Stephen Tall
	Sweetly misguided he may be, but… (0) by Alix Mortimer
	#ldconf podcast: Campaigning after Rennard (0) by Alex Foster
	LDV pre-conference members’ survey (3): how you rated the Lib Dem shadow cabinet (3) by Stephen Tall
	#ldconf podcast – Clegg Q&A (0) by Alex Foster
	Party Political Broadcasts: Ofcom proposes some tweaks to the rules (0) by Mark Pack
	Is that what I think it is? (22) by Alix Mortimer
	Blog of the Year Awards 2009: The Winners (11) by Helen Duffett
21st	Daily View 2×2: 21 September 2009 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Media news from Bournemouth – and our media at its very best (0) by Mark Pack
	The most influential Liberal Democrats: 50-26 (2) by Helen Duffett
	NEW POLL: Is Nick Clegg right to talk about the need for “savage” cuts? (21) by Stephen Tall
	LDV survey: What Lib Dem members actually think about a hung Parliament (6) by Stephen Tall
	Have you done the reader survey yet? (0) by Mark Pack
	Engaging through twitter (1) by Alex Foster
	Tuesday will be about the applause, not the votes (1) by Mark Pack
	Erm, Ed, “tea with the Taleban” – perhaps it’s time to get a new speech-writer? (9) by Stephen Tall
	Steve Webb over-rules Nick on universal child benefits (10) by Stephen Tall
	Federal Finance and Administration Committee report: live blog (1) by Mark Pack
	#ldconf podcast: Vince’s speech (17) by Alex Foster
	#ldconf podcast: The BOTY recording (3) by Alex Foster
22nd	Opinion: It’s about everything but freedom (0) by Alex Wilcock
	Conference round-up: the last 24 hours (3) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey: is electoral reform a hung Parliament ‘deal-breaker’? And are Labour or Tories most likely to deliver it? (1) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 22 September 2009 (2) by Richard Huzzey
	ippr fringe event: The end of politics as we know it? #ldconf (1) by Stephen Tall
	Election imprints in the online world: what should the rules say? (1) by Mark Pack
	So, what do we make of #ldconf so far, then? (6) by Stephen Tall
	#ldconf podcast: Voxpops (including @katygordon) (0) by Alex Foster
	The most influential Liberal Democrats: 25-1 (1) by Helen Duffett
	Federal Executive report and constitutional amendments live blog #ldconf (12) by Mark Pack
	#ldconf podcast: Lobby vox pops (0) by Alex Foster
23rd	FPC Says: Tuition Fees pledge will be in the manifesto (16) by Richard Huzzey
	Daily View 2×2: 23 September 2009 (12) by The Voice
	Leadership v. Activists – a personal reflection on Bournemouth ’09 #ldconf (13) by Stephen Tall
	Your LDV #ldconf reader (reading the papers so you don’t have to) (2) by Stephen Tall
	Behind the Fringe: Richard Dawkins at the Lib Dem conference #ldconf (13) by Mark Thompson
	Nick Clegg’s conference speech, the live-blog #ldconf (11) by Stephen Tall
	RIP Tom Blumenau (0) by The Voice
	Event: Party conferences – who needs them? (7) by Stephen Tall
	#ldconf podcast: IPPR fringe (1) by Alex Foster
24th	Daily View 2×2: 24 September 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
	#ldconf podcast: Beyond Twitter (1) by Alex Foster
	The Lib Dems: ahead of the curve or missing the moment? #ldconf (11) by Stephen Tall
	Trouble for Labour in Rochdale as former mayor quits party (1) by The Voice
	The promise and the peril of not being a one-man band (3) by Mark Pack
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: bumper conference catch-up special edition (2) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV… #ldconf special bumper edition (1) by Stephen Tall
	The most important campaigning message (14) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 24 September 2009 #bbcqt (0) by Stephen Tall
25th	Nick Clegg on file sharing and illegal downloads (36) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 25 September 2009 (1) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: MPs have the power – so how do we involve the members? (19) by Tim Leunig
	‘Trial HIV vaccine cuts infection’ – Evan’s response (1) by The Voice
	LDV readers say: pay MPs more! (3) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem shadow cabinet media tarts, #ldconf special (0) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 25/9/09 (3) by Stephen Tall
26th	Opinion: The disaster of Bournemouth was avoidable (26) by Bill le Breton
	Opinion: Protesting about policy issues by lay-people is inane sloganeering (8) by Li-Teck Lau
	“Lib Dems are leading the way” on Twitter (2) by Mark Pack
	Clegg and Cable resign from PoliticsHome panel in protest at Ashcroft takeover (15) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: Do you support Vince’s ‘mansion tax’? (35) by Stephen Tall
27th	Daily View 2×2: 27 September 2009 (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Where is the British Obama? (4) by Lynne Featherstone
	Highlights from the Sunday political TV shows (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Hope and the desire for change is our ally, ‘politics as usual’ is the enemy (2) by Andrew Lewin
	That Andrew Marr question: wrong, wrong, wrong (37) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Conservatives are complete hypocrites on LGBT issues as Section 28 raises its ugly head again (16) by Andrew Reeves
28th	Daily View 2×2: 28 September 2009 (3) by Stephen Tall
	The one who got away: David Lammy and his expenses (10) by Mark Pack
	#ldconf feedback questionnaire (7) by Alex Foster
	CommentIsLinked@LDV … Vince Cable: I stirred up a hornets’ nest, but my Mansion Tax is fair (15) by Stephen Tall
	Antony Hook interviews Nick Clegg about Europe (2) by Antony Hook
	LDV readers split on Nick’s talk of need for “savage” cuts (2) by Stephen Tall
	Tax on £1m houses: 69% in favour (5) by Mark Pack
	Rumours suggest Brown will accept debates, but seek to exclude Clegg (17) by Richard Huzzey
29th	Daily View 2×2: 29 September 2009 (3) by Richard Huzzey
	To be fair … (6) by Stephen Tall
	Bournemouth was a hit, no shambolic disaster (30) by Iain Roberts
	Welcome to the new bloggers… (2) by Mark Pack
	Brown’s ID card loopholes #lab09 (5) by Alex Foster
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #136 (4) by Stephen Tall
	12 years to re-state a watered-down pledge. So much for progress. #lab09 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Gordon’s speech – Danny Alexander responds (and so do I) #lab09 (4) by Stephen Tall
	The problem with Gordon’s speech was that it was so Gordon #lab09 (2) by Mark Pack
30th	Daily View 2×2: 30 September 2009 (9) by The Voice
	Does it matter if The Sun backs the Tories? (20) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: We’ve got the polices, now we need the sound-bite narrative (14) by David Pollard
	A look back at the polls: September ’09 (4) by Stephen Tall
	Two more Lib Dems quit PoliticsHome panel (4) by Stephen Tall
	David Cameron’s European ally supports “deeply homophobic legislation” (1) by Mark Pack